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	The Power of Words APAs represent at Def Poetry Jam By Sajid Farooq Special to AsianWeek It was obvious from the start that this wasn’t going to be your regular theater-going experience. DJ Tendaji Lathan had the packed crowd dancing on the way to their seats by dropping hip hop standards from Notorious B.I.G.’s “Big Poppa” and Tupac Shakur’s “I Get Around,” to old school classics like the Tom Tom Club’s “Genius of Love.” By the time poet Beau Sia said, “Give me a Scrabble board and watch as I beat you without using consonants,” it was clear that Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry Jam was like nothing ever seen or heard before... COMPLETE STORY...		The Journey Here (Feature) Demanding Justice (in National News) Conference Connects Literature, Activism (in Bay Area News) Ultimate Diversions: Breath of Fire II (in Business) Last Chance For National Title (in Sports) The Power of Words (in A&E) Emil Amok: Be Like Mike (in Opinion)

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